Word Origin & History

security early 15c., from L. securitas, from securus (see secure); phrase security blanket in figurative sense is attested from 1971, in reference to the crib blanket carried by the character Linus in the "Peanuts" comic strip (1956).

Example Sentences for security

"That will do," she said, when she had satisfied herself of its security.

So then, spite of my care and foresight, I am caught, caught in my security.

This dependence on the people is the security that they will not act wrong.

There would be no security at all for rights if this were not so.

The security of individual property is the foundation of all social improvement.

What went out from Rome was government,—peace, order, and security.

This was all the security the companies could give, but the underlying difficulty was that it had no value whatever.

It was not his style to let money go from him without the best of security.

If he could only have crushed her to him, made her feel the security of his love, of his sheltering arms!

There was a detailed history of Graham's activities, so far as known to Security.